A Rainy May 16

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May 16, 2024

I got home from work and it was tough again waking up because last night doubt and procrastination visited. They kind of lingered through the morning. But I’m grateful to God that I got to get up.

I was craving for tteokbokki and got one alongside odeng at a stall in Fairview Terraces’ food court. The sweet and spicy taste was what I was delish.

Now I’m in Coffee Bean. I just ordered a chewy chip cookie and Mocha frappe. I wanted the Mocha Chip one but it wasn’t available.

I just want to share some encounters I had with my students. I learned from one that McDonald’s was also called ‘Micky Dee’s’. We also played guess the character game by drawing them. The last character he drew was himself and I got to guess it because of the same shirt drawn 😂 Then I got really proud of my last student because he was starting to answer who and what questions on his own 😊

In a few days I’ll be going to Isabela to help out in a friend’s therapy center. I’m looking forward to see what it’s like working in a provincial area.

Rating 7-Eleven’s Matcha Roll Cake and Samba Pudding

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Before I went to work one morning, I grabbed these desserts because matcha is my favorite, surprisingly 7-eleven sells a matcha cake, and a colleague recommended me the Black Sambo pudding (which she told me to eat it cold, but did I?).

For the matcha roll cake, I rate it 4.5/5. It tasted like real matcha and doesn’t lean on the floral green tea taste. The matcha taste was light but the it was there so… The cake was soft. It was a bit moist and not dry.

I rate the Black Sambo pudding a 4/5. I don’t eat pudding often (just to put it here). It was a good but maybe might have been better if I did ate it cold. I’ll edit this post once I’ve done it. It became warm since I didn’t eat it right after buying hehe. It had a right amount of sweetness to it.

Would I recommend them?


Yes!





Disclaimer: I’m not a professional/foodie blogger. This is a friendly review. And the colors of the photo might have changed the original appearance of the food due to lighting 🙂

Listening to Taylor’s ‘Tortured Poets’

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Taylor recently released her newest album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. I like the vibes. In my fave list are Fortnight, Down Bad, So Long London and Guilty as Sin?. I’m not yet finished listening to the whole album. 😆 I also started practicing the chords of Fortnight. Taylor’s insane for being so productive in doing this album especially that she was in tour (Eras) for the past two years. Memes are circulating about many wishing to be that productive even when busy or feeling down. 😅🙋‍♀️

…And it’s just now that I saw WordPress’s logo in the tab is like purplish-dark blue. Isn’t it light blue before?

“enough’s” and “just right’s”

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January 16, 2024 | 6:40pm

Although my nose disapprove the smell of the sidewalks and street, I like the times when I walk home from work. The gap between toil and rest. It’s this moment when I can just ponder on how my day went.

‘Did I do enough?’
‘I wish I’ve done better’.

These thoughts ran through my mind, but when I looked at the stretches of the sky, God reminded me that the world will always be bigger and I do not need to feel stuck in the pit of limitation.

I’m grateful that in the craving of the “better’s” and “more’s”, there are “enough’s” and “just right’s” that keep me in tune of the present.

Lord, as You are changing me, continue using me as vessel of change in other’s people’s lives. Be my strength, my God of everyday miracles.

Finally an RSLP: I Passed the SLP PH Board Exam

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And I come back stronger!

I finally passed the exams for speech-language pathologists in the Philippines! I’m grateful and proud for being part of the first batch who took the exams!

The first thing I felt was relief because the agony of waiting is ending. Then I went to grateful, happy and satisfied. Everything was just… WORTH. IT. All the sacrifices, the hard work, the painful days I had to practice answering at least 100 or more questions 1-2 weeks before the actual board exam, the sacrifice of stopping to work, the days I had to pull myself together because my money can’t pay any more Starbucks.

Here is your registered speech therapist and we have taken our oath! Onwards we serve!

SLP PH Board Exam Experience 2023 – Day 2

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November 14, 2023

2nd day has come! I couldn’t wait for the exams to be over, I missed my cats. 😢 I wondered how my baby Jin was. I remembered her fluffiness and doe eyes. 🥺

Your future RSLPs. Taken after the exams at the test site.

For the day, I was more relaxed but wary since it would be a 200-item exam about clinical applications. The exam was more difficult than the first day, that’s for certain. Many maximized the time for answering since most stayed in the room until the exam ended at 3pm. I was very sleepy during the first hour! This got to do with the good rest I had the previous night. 😪 I didn’t bring coffee because it won’t do my stomach any good. I’m acidic and it’ll make me more nervous. I just munched my matcha chocolate wafers and thankfully the people near me were all awake so I was determined to stay awake as well.

I finished answering at least 30 minutes before the exam ended. It was an emotional moment when I saw that I had to shade the last 10 items. 🥹 I was thinking, “My gosh. I’m at the end of the exam. This was it.” All the hard work and sacrifices just flashed back through my head! The board exam was finally over! This was an accomplishment, I am proud to say I finished the exams well. This was all God’s grace I got to this point. God hears and God intervenes. I’m very thankful these 2 days went smoothly. 💓

What was a good way to end the exams? Samgyupsal and a toast to hard work!

And now we wait for the results. 😌🐯